XXXii TETRANDRIA. 



the base of each, within. A mountainous plant remark- 

 able for its thrice ternate leaves. BARBERRY TRIBE. 

 P. 22. 



{Sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; fruit a si- 

 lioue or silicic. Herbaceous plants 

 -U 1 4- "U U- I. 11 



belonging to a tribe which usually 

 have six stamens, 4 long and 2 

 short. CRUCIFORM FLOWERS. P. 36. 



18. GORNUS. Calyx of 4 minute sepals ; petals 4 ; 

 fruit a berry-like drupe. A shrub with opposite leaves 

 and cymes of white flowers. CORNEL TRIBE. P. 289. 



19. EUONYMUS. Fruit an angular capsule opening 

 with valves. A shrub remarkable for its green branches 

 and flowers, and bright rose-coloured capsules. SPINDLE- 

 TREE TRIBE. P. 133. 



20. PARIETARIA. Calyx 4-cleft ; petals ; stamens 

 bursting with an elastic spring. A branched herbaceous 

 plant, with reddish stems and small clustered axillary 

 flowers. NETTLE TRIBE. P. 559. 



21. ALCHEMILLA. Calyx 8-cleft; petals 0. A small 

 tufted plant, with deeply cut leaves and minute greenish 

 axillary flowers. EOSE TRIBE. P. 171. 



22. SANGUISORBA. Calyx 4-cleft, with 4 scales at 

 the base ; petals 0. A slender herbaceous plant, with 

 oblong heads of brownish-purple flowers. EOSE TRIBE. 

 P. 171. 



23. ISNARDIA. Calyx deeply 4-cleft ; petals 0. A 

 very rare aquatic plant, with prostrate stems and small 

 axillary flowers. WILLOW-HERB TRIBE. P. 208. 



24. TH^SIUM. Fruit a drupe crowned by the calyx. 

 A parasitic plant with branched herbaceous stems, 

 narrow leaves, and terminal clusters of whitish flowers. 

 SANDAL-WOOD TRIBE. P. 546. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 2 Pistils. 

 25. GENTIANA. Capsule many-seeded. Bitter herbs 



